Barun Sobti

Barun Sobti^[1] is an Indian actor. He is best known for his roles in Asur, Raat Jawaan Hai, Kohrra, Tu Hai Mera Sunday, Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and Halahal. In 2023, he won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in the Netflix series Kohrra.

Barun Sobti
Barun Sobti in 2023
Born	(1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 40) Delhi, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer
Spouse	Pashmeen Manchanda ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2
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Early life and career

Sobti was born and brought up in Delhi, India. He attended school at St. Mark's School in New Delhi. Before entering the entertainment industry, he worked as an operation manager at Jindal Telecom for 7 years.

Career

Sobti made his acting debut in 2009 as Swayam Khurana in Star Plus's Shraddha. He later did a cameo role in the medical show Dill Mill Gayye as Dr Raj, a medical intern with drug addiction.

In 2010, Sobti starred as Shravan Jaiswal in Sony TV's Baat Hamari Pakki Hai.

Sobti rose to prominence in 2011 as Arnav Singh Raizada, a business tycoon in Star Plus's Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon. In 2017, he portrayed Advay Singh Raizada, aka Dev Kashyap, in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3, the third installment as the main face of the franchise in the Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon series.

Sobti made his film debut in 2014 with the Romantic comedy Main Aur Mr Riight. Sobti's second feature film was Tu Hai Mera Sunday (2017), directed by Milind Dhaimade, which premiered at festivals including BFI London Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, he starred in the thriller-drama short film Derma.^[2][3] It premiered on Voot. The same year, he appeared in a Sports drama film, 22 Yards.

Sobti started appearing digitally on Tanhaiyan in 2017. He later starred in ALTBalaji's The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family in 2018 as Samar Ranaut alongside Kay Kay Menon.^{[citation needed]}

In 2020, he appeared in Voot's original mystery crime thriller show Asur as Nikhil Nair. Later that year, he appeared in the MX Player show The Missing Stone. He then played the role of Inspector Yusuf Qureshi in Eros Now original movie Halahal (2020). It was written, produced by Zeishan Quadri and directed by Randeep Jha.^{[citation needed]}

He also played a cameo role in Srijit Mukherji's Zee 5 web series Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. In 2023, he returned as Nikhil Nair for the second season of Asur which went on to become a huge success, topping Ormax charts for several weeks. He also starred in the Amazon Mini TV series Badtameez Dil. Later he starred in Netflix's critically acclaimed series Kohrra. His performance as Amarpal Garundi was well appreciated by the critics, film fraternity, prominent award functions and the public alike.

In 2024, he starred in Amazon Mini TV's Rakshak Chapter 2. His latest comedy drama Raat Jawaan Hai directed by Sumeet Vyas opened to highly positive reviews.

Personal life

Barun Sobti married his high school sweetheart, Pashmeen Manchanda, on 12 December 2010, in a private ceremony in a Gurudwara. They have two children, Sifat Sobti, born in June 2019, and Meer Sobti, born in April 2023.^[2]

Filmography

Web

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Format
2015	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Jashn	Arnav Singh Raizada	Hotstar	Web Series
2015	Dry Dreams	Protagonist	YouTube	Short Film
2017	Tanhaiyan	Haider Ali Khan	Hotstar	Web Series
2018	The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family	Samar Ranaut	Alt Balaji	Web Series
2019	Derma	Anthony	Jio Cinema	Short Film
2020	Asur	Nikhil Nair	Jio Cinema	Web Series
	Halahal	Inspector Yusuf Qureshi	Eros Now	Web Movie
	The Missing Stone	Sahir	MX Player	Web Series
2021	The Last Boy To Fall In Love	Amartya	Audible	Audiobook
	200 Halla Ho	Umesh Joshi	Zee5	Web Movie
	When a Man Loves a Woman	Peter	YouTube	Short Film
2023	Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke	Sameer(Cameo)	Zee5	Web Series
	Badtameez Dil	Karan Singh Rathod	Amazon MX Player	Web Series
	Asur 2	Nikhil Nair	Jio Cinema	Web Series
	Kohrra	Amarpal Garundi	Netflix	Web Series
2024	Rakshak - India's Brave 2	Naib Subedar Sombir Singh	Amazon MX Player	Web Series
	Raat Jawaan Hai	Avinash	Sony Liv	Web Series
2025	Ikatthe	TBA	TBA	Web Series

Films

Year	Title	Role
2014	Main Aur Mr. Riight	Sukhwinder "Sukhi" Singh / Hridaan Dalmiya
2016	Tu Hai Mera Sunday	Arjun Anand
2019	22 Yards	Ronajith "Ron" Sen

Television

Year	Title	Role
2009	Shraddha	Swayam Khurana
2010	Dill Mill Gayye	Dr. Raj Singh (Cameo)
2010–2011	Baat Hamari Pakki Hai	Shravan Jaiswal
2011–2012	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?	Arnav Singh Raizada
2017	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3	Advay Singh Raizada/Dev Kashyap

Music videos

Year	Title	Singer(s)
2021	Taqleefein	Amit Mishra, Ritika Raj Singh
	Tera Mera	Papon

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2011	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor	Baat Hamari Pakki Hai	Nominated	[3]
2012	People's Choice Awards India	Favorite Actor (Drama)	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?	Won	[4]
		Favorite Onscreen Couple		Won[a]
	ITA Awards	Best Actor - Popular		Won [b]	[5]
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Onscreen Couple		Won[a]	[6]
		Best Television Personality of the Year		Nominated
	Gold Awards	Best Couple		Won[a]	[7]
	Star Parivaar Awards	Favourite New Member (Male)		Won	[8]
		Favourite Stylish Member (Male)		Won[a]
		Favourite Couple		Won[a]
2017	ITA Awards	Best Actor - Popular	Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3	Nominated	[9]
2020	Asian Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Asur	Won	[10]
2023	2023 Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Supporting Actor, Series (Male): Drama	Kohrra	Won
2023	ITA Awards	Best Actor Popular - OTT		Won

Notes

1. Shared with Sanaya Irani
2. Tied with Samir Soni

References

1. "Winners Of The Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full List Out". filmfare.com. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
2. "Exclusive: Barun Sobti and Pashmeen Manchanda become parents for the second time; blessed with a baby boy". The Times of India. 26 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
3. "6th Apsara Awards-". apsaraawards.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
4. "2012 And the winners are..." People's Choice Awards India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
5. "The ITA Awards 2012 - Popular Top-5". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
6. "Telly awards 2012 Popular Awards winners". Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
7. "Gold Awards 2012". IMDb. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
8. "Star Parivaar Awards 2012". India Forums.
9. Kriti Sonali (7 November 2017). "ITA Awards 2017 winners list: Jennifer Winget, Vivian Dsena and Nakuul Mehta take home the trophies". Indian Express.
10. "Asian Television Awards 2021, NOMINEES". Asian Tv Awards.

External links

• Barun Sobti on Twitter
• Barun Sobti at IMDb
• Barun Sobti at Bollywood Hungama